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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| dud | / | Noun, Adjective |
| malfunction | x/x | Noun |
| hiccup | /x | Noun |
| misstep | x/ | Noun |
| backfire | /x | Noun |
| detonation | xx/x | Noun |
| disastrous | x/x | Adjective |
| failure | /x | Noun |
| blunder | /x | Noun |
| glitch | / | Noun |
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective |
| erratic | x/x | Adjective |
| ignition | x/x | Noun |
| calamitous | x/xx | Adjective |
| mistake | x/ | Noun |
| lurching | /x | Verb |
| fatal | /x | Adjective |
| sputter | /x | Noun |
| mishap | /x | Noun |
| spark | / | Noun |
| faulty | /x | Adjective |
| letdown | /x | Noun |
| firing | /x | Noun |
| problems | /x | Noun |
| defective | x/x | Adjective |
| wobble | /x | Noun |
| defect | /x | Noun |
| mismatch | x/ | Noun |
| flaw | / | Noun |
| glitches | /x | Noun |
| symptom | /x | Noun |
| fluke | / | Noun |
| fault | / | Noun |
| stutter | /x | Noun |
| errors | /x | Noun |
| misapplication | xxx/x | Noun |
| miss | / | Name |
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun |
| misinterpretation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| misperception | xx/x | Noun |
| miscalculation | x/x/x | Noun |
| mishandling | x/x | Noun |
| misrepresenting | xxx/x | Verb |
| lean | / | Adjective |
| chances | /x | Noun |
| event | x/ | Noun |
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective |
| case | / | Noun |
| cause | / | Noun, Verb |
| detected | x/x | Verb |
| occurs | x/ | Verb |
| engine | /x | Noun |
| gun | / | Noun |
| plans | / | Noun |
| bound | / | Verb |
| badly | /x | Adverb |
| efforts | /x | Noun |
| begins | x/ | Verb |
| easily | /xx | Adverb |
| sometimes | x/ | Adverb |
| seemed | / | Verb |
| often | /x | Adverb |
| breach | / | Noun, Verb |
| break | / | Verb, Noun |
| breakage | /x | Noun |
| cancellations | xx/x | Noun |
| carry | /x | Verb, Noun |
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun |
| contraindication | x/x/x | Noun |
| defection | x/x | Noun |
| discard | x/ | Verb, Noun |
| discomfiture | x/xx | Noun |
| divorce | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| judgement | /x | Noun |
| judgment | /x | Noun |
| kills | / | Noun |
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb |
| loser | /x | Noun |
| miscarriage | x/x | Noun |
| omission | x/x | Noun |
| rebuff | x/ | Noun, Verb |
| stoppage | /x | Noun |
| voiding | /x | Noun |
| wetting | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| bulletproof | /xx | Adjective, Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| stonewall | /x | Name, Verb, Adjective |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
| shirtless | /x | Adjective |
